EU Space Act Round 2: Commission promises simpler, clearer draft by spring, hopes for passage by year’s end

by Peter B. de Selding

BRUSSELS — The European Commission expects return to its governments and the European Parliament this year with a revised EU Space Act that eliminates the multiple defects that EU governments found in December.

The European Council, in rejecting the Act as currently written, said draft was overly complicated, with unclear lines of authority, and appeared to contain unnecessarily costly requirements for industry.

The government of Denmark, which held the EU presidency until Dec. 31, produced a compromise text that is now being . . .

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